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One of our favourite bands of all time, Vök, have released the visuals for the title single off the new album ‘Night & Day’.

Their most comfortable space is in continuing to push boundaries, but with the video for ‘Night & Day’, the trio go back to old school roots to really capture the essence and atmosphere of their sound.

Icelandic pop provocateur Máni Orasson shares the enticing visuals for his new single, ‘Picture I Recall’, featuring his muse Adrien.

Questioning the self in the song, this new approach to music shows a significant personal and artistic development from the unusual and captivating young artist.

‘Picture I Recall’ is out todayFries Boom Barrier/Guesstimate and is the first release from Orasson’s EP in 2019, which explores falling in love and what comes afterwards – despair, longing and other inevitabilities.

East Of My Youth is experimental pop duo, Herdis and Thelma from Reykjavik.

Their new single ‘Go Home’ is an inspirational ballad that draws influences from classical and modern genres.

Talking about the track, Herdís explains,

“I was sitting in the studio and playing around on my MicroKorg synth, listening to A$AP Rocky. The song came really easily. We were in such a good mood the we went downtown and Thelma bought herself new shoes and then we went back to the studio and had some wine and danced.”

Iceland has a reputation for producing some magical and forward-thinking music.

However, there is something quite familiar about ‘Free As A Bird’ by trio, One Week Wonder. It might be because of the serious Pink Floyd sounds going on, or the fact that member, Arni was a founding member of Of Monsters And Men and Helgi was a touring member of Asgeir’s live band.

Put the kettle on, sit back and listen to the sweet twangs of folktronica and velvety vocals on the track.

Continuing to break boundaries with their new single is Icelandic band, Vök.

Vök is Margrét Rán (vocals, guitar, keyboards), Andri Enoksson (saxophone, synths) and Ólafur Alexander (guitar, bass). Named after the Icelandic word for ‘hole in the ice’, the trio hail from Hafnarfjörður.

‘Breaking Bones’ is a sci-fi extravaganza of down tempo electro and a spectrum of sounds and emotions.

The hypnotic video for new track ‘Hiding’ has been jointly directed between KRÍA herself and GroaSig, an Icelandic digital artist that also worked with her on her first music video ‘Low Hype’.

The video was filmed in KRÍA’s hometown in Iceland, where she was submerged in water with overexposed and dreamlike visuals.

Of the video, KRÍA says the relationship between the video and the music is “about being introverted and not being able to truly be yourself almost like being possessed by a spirit that takes control so I wanted the submerged water scenes to reflect that I want to hide.”

Vök is Margrét Rán (vocals, guitar, keyboards), Andri Enoksson (saxophone, synths) and Ólafur Alexander (guitar, bass). Named after the Icelandic word for ‘hole in the ice’, the trio hail from Hafnarfjörður, a town famous for allegedly being home to a large, hidden elvish settlement.

‘Waterfall’ is a bass-heavy, dreamy and melodic track with descriptive vocals.

You may have noticed that the track is missing a video. Don’t fear as Bang Gang has teamed up with Genero.tv to give you the opportunity to make the official music video for ‘Out Of Horizon’. The selected filmmaker will be paid $4,200 for the privilege. More info here.